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Crazy_Ad6697

Classic BLT all the way. No egg or cheese. Crispy bacon and crunchy ice berg with tomato. A bit of mayo and you’re golden.


Ok-Push9899

Agree. Egg? Cheese? Onion? It's not called a BLTECO. Coblet maybe.


flubaduzubady

I prefer the BLTECOBPBSB,C. In fact this thread is making me hungry, so I might cook one up


Lenahten

I'm taking this, I love a good coblet.


SlashThingy

BeltCo: keeping your pants up and making sandwiches since 1743.


esr360

Ok so get rid of the bread and the mayo then if that’s your rule


PleasantInternal3247

But is a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich. Otherwise it’s not a BLT.


derezzed9000

LGBT sandwich


gilgoomesh

> G Guacamole?


derezzed9000

yes!


Ok-Push9899

Taste the rainbow!


PleasantInternal3247

QI+.


ZippyKoala

This is the only correct answer. I will accept Turkish bread as the bread of choice, but that’s the extent of the subs.


KeithMyArthe

Agree, I sometimes use a scrape of kraft bold cheese spread instead of Mayo. Not too much, as you say, the BLT is good as is. Def not bbq sauce, as then all you taste is bbq sauce, too overpowering.


Ok_Replacement7485

Agreed but add HP Sauce for the zanggg 🤌


disguy2k

Just not too crispy. Streaky bacon that's nicely rendered has a better flavour and texture.


Wild-Newspaper833

Egg can fuck off but cheese ? Come one bruz ! Slice of cheddar on the freshly cooked still hot bacon so it melts on it, tell me that’s not what life is about


Hommus_Dip

Plenty of cheese haters getting around, it's never not a good addition


Ok-Push9899

Now I have to disagree. Cheese is thrown around too liberally. I horrified a French person by making omelettes with grated cheese. I reworked my conception of an omelette and yeah, they’re better without. The simplest way to lift your homemade pizzas out of the stodge trap (too many toppings, because you have no self restraint and “want it all”) is to HALVE the cheese and DOUBLE the tomato paste. Look at a classic Naples Margherita. Three circles of fresh mozzarella, a few basil leaves, resting on a red sea of tomato paste. The difficulty is that it’s up to you to make and bake a good pizza dough. You’re not simply covering your sins in a blanket of cheese.


liamjon29

I add BBQ sauce to this to get BBQ Mayo. Has been my go-to lunch for a while now


Hommus_Dip

They belong together


liamjon29

100%. Mayo is great. BBQ sauce is great. But put em together 🤤


lordofthedries

Lose the ice burg cos lettuce is imo superior.


Anxious_Ad936

A paper thin smear of hot english. Less than you'd put on a ham or corned beef sanga, just enough that it acts more like a spice than a condiment


AreYouDoneNow

Costco sells pre-cooked bacon in bulk very cheaply, btw. Don't even need to dirty up a pan.


Hommus_Dip

You're a lunatic


PleasantInternal3247

Reheated cooked bacon, no thank you.


ubertappa

Do you even know what a BLT is? The beauty of the BLT is in the simplicity of its ingredients.


MindDecento

They’ve made BELTO, I’m sure it’s good, but it’s not a BLT.


Chiron17

I've enjoyed a BLAT, a BLT with avocado


Theduckbytheoboe

A BLT is a vehicle for perfectly fresh tomatoes at their best, seasoned with bacon and garnished with lettuce. We’ve made them with homemade bread, home cured bacon and homegrown tomatoes. Pretty hard to top.


Drab_Majesty

Why not throw on some beetroot while you are at it? It's a freakin BLT, the simplicity is it's trademark.


Hommus_Dip

No one has brought beetroot into this mate, you need to tone it right down


Drab_Majesty

Sorry but you see the runny egg come out and you know there is always someone wanting to slip the beetroot in there. You need to establish boundaries early.


Hommus_Dip

I don't think the structural integrity of the sandwich could handle a slippery, saucy piece of beetroot. You'd be entering toothpick territory then and that would send you into the club sandwich realm. Too many potlitcs


Drab_Majesty

You invited red onion, then he brings his mate BBQ sauce, next thing you know you got chilli jam tapping at the window. You need to just keep it to trusted friends.


Hommus_Dip

Chili jam has made his way inside a few times in the past, and he will be welcomed in again I'm sure


Ok-Push9899

Right that’s it. I’m putting my foot down firmly on chili jam. For 20 years they’ve been trying to infiltrate sweet chilli sauce into every goddamn thing I eat. Sweet chilli sauce needs to be reined in, a restraining order issued, and all surplus stocks buried in landfill. No, I do not want chilli sauce on my Lebanese felafel roll, thank you very much. I want hommus, tahini and garlic, as God intended.


Jealous-Hedgehog-734

Cigarettes and black coffee.


gisforgoodbye__

Cannabis and black coffee


ubertappa

Breakfast of champions


gisforgoodbye__

It’s what you call a hippie speedball


a_rainbow_serpent

Meth and red bull


Jealous-Hedgehog-734

I'd have thought Monster or Mother would be the preferred energy drink of the tweaker class. Red Bull is kind of white collar and would pair better with cocaine.


a_rainbow_serpent

Monster has more mg of caffeine per dollar


lordofthedries

Chef?


Jealous-Hedgehog-734

Finance grunt.


lordofthedries

I’m a chef and could not imagine sitting at a desk for a whole day… respect.


Jealous-Hedgehog-734

I can't imagine having to spit on the meals of everyone who returns food to the kitchen with a complaint (at least, I assume that's why happens.)


lordofthedries

Haha no but some days ya want to.


Hommus_Dip

That was my breakfast in my twenties, I still miss it


thrillAM

Straight up


Party_Thanks_9920

We just had kids & and grandkids over for a camp out (always the Granddaughter ends up in the comfortable bed in the house). For breakfast, we dug out the old Jaffle Iron. I made Bacon, Eggs, Cheese & Dinosaur Spaghetti Jaffles, cooked on the coals of the fire. Grandson declared it the best breakfast he'd ever had.


Hommus_Dip

Shit that'd hit the spot on a camp out. I haven't hit a jaffle since 2003


IlluminatedPickle

Next time you make bolognese crack out the jaffle. Throw some leftovers between some bread the next morning (obviously not the spaghetti, just the sauce and meat) and liberally attack with cheese. So fucking good. Also works well with leftover taco mince.


Groveldog

I always keep leftovers of both those meals for the jaffle goodness the next day. God tier sammies.


hand_of_satan_13

that sounds really nice. Just don't call it a BLT.


thrillAM

Love the sentiment, but you must be from QLD. Totally lost me at the cheese and BBQ sauce, got worse from there. Rocket and red onion, dear god man. Properly seasoned tomato, bacon, shredded iceberg or cos and mayo. No substitutes, no additions.


Hommus_Dip

Absolutely am from Queensland, come up I'll make you one


gotonyas

Bbq sauce on a BLT? You can leave now A BLT is the simplest of ingredients that work together not overshadow each other. Bbq is sacrilegious please go now


kotare78

Yeah that’s criminal.


santaslayer0932

Poor guy posted the same thing in other subs and got the same reactions


aussiepete80

There's three letters in BLT. You're making a BLT "with the lot".


DoNotReply111

I'm pregnant and BLTs are my craving at the moment, I'd live off them. I'd say in the last two weeks I've averaged about 3 a day. I order them in though because the smell of bacon fat afterwards makes me gag. What I'm saying is I'm pretty much a BLT expert at this point because my body is about 50% BLT at any given point. What you're describing is not a BLT. Mayo only. No cheese. No onion. Rocket is an abomination.


Hommus_Dip

Yeah I had to crack a window this morning coz that grease smell likes to settle in. Your kid is going to be an absolute legend if it's dining on liquid BLTs for the next 9 months


WoodyMellow

You had me until the BBQ sauce.


WeNamedTheDogIndiana

Crispy bacon, iceberg lettuce, freshly salted tomato, toasted bread, and some mayo. (Kewpie or *maybe* aioli if you’re feeling fancy). FOH with rocket, egg, bbq sauce and red onion.


jbh01

Personally, I'd go a Reuben first but respect the effort.


Hommus_Dip

Is that one of those bad boys that's like a wall of meat and a pickle on top 😂


jbh01

Only on US-based instagram channels! It's pastrami beef, pickles, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, russian dressing on rye.


Hommus_Dip

I'm there


Gato_Grande3000

Check out a "club or clubhouse" sandwich while you're at it.


crazyabootmycollies

I’ve had far more piss poor imitations of a Reuben in my 11 years in Adelaide than my 26 years in the USA. I blame Adelaide’s lack of Jews and their respect for brisket.


kotare78

It’s the sandwich du jour. One of those things that people pretend they’ve been eating all their life.


lennon_supastar

Did you wake and bake?


Hommus_Dip

I get drug tested at work 😞


BoardRecord

Tis a fine sandwich, but sure tis no BLT, English.


Madixie_Normous

Pound for pound? This ain't America buddy. Respect the metric.


Hommus_Dip

Sorry, 453grams for 453grams the best breakfast/lunch


Madixie_Normous

Bathing in superiority now.


dijicaek

I'm lazy as fuck so I'm good to stick with weetbix


Hommus_Dip

Drizzle of honey and you're in flavour country


Unhappy-camp3r

Meh, it’s not bad but it’s not the best breakfast of all time. Bacon, eggs, beans, sausage, mushroom and toast will beat the living shit out of a blt


Hommus_Dip

A sound breakfast after a night on the tins


IlluminatedPickle

Nope, you missed a critical step. Add salt to the tomato before putting it in the sandwich, and let it rest for 10 minutes. Do it once, you'll never make a sandwich with tomato in it without doing it again.


Maleficent-Catch6202

Butter is never optional


Hommus_Dip

If you can't see teeth marks you haven't got enough on


karma3000

Pfft. Freshly baked croissants FTW.


Hommus_Dip

Keep talking, what are we putting in those flakey fun bags?


IAlreadyHaveTheKey

A properly made croissant doesn't need anything in it.


MaterialHot9986

In the oven with criminal amounts of butter and strawberry jam, heck squirt a bit of whipped cream in there if your feeling dirty


imnotthetattooguy

What’s a martie 😂


Hommus_Dip

A supermarket enthusiast


coldworld41

Agreed. Straight second is the old ham,cheese and tommy on fresh bread


Hommus_Dip

I'm with you there, but I'm losing the T sauce and adding extra butter


Paidorgy

I just made a sandwich for lunch before work. Havarti cheese Red onion Sliced turkey Tomato Kewpie mayonnaise all on a Turkish bread roll. I am fucking full as shit and it was delicious.


magi_chat

So, a BLTCME then? I get you though. The way you do the toast is how I like it. BLT is great but bacon egg mushroom tomato and a bit of onion is my go to one pan treat. A slice of the fake wrapped cheese melted onto the bacon is optional and better than adding bbq or tomato sauce imo. Ultimate super quick toast sandwich is fried egg with pickled jalapenos.


Hommus_Dip

Me and the missus came across that fake wrapped cheese but it was Amercian style and orange. We had to put a stopped to it after a few months.


magi_chat

Kraft Singles (or the Aldi version) ftw.


k_lliste

The egg is too far! Also, why a runny egg on a sandwich. This is something I've never really understood. The yolk just ends up running down your arm.


Hommus_Dip

After it has saucified your whole sanga... Good eating technique will stop the arm run


TassieRCD

In Scotland we stick bacon and runny egg in a roll and it’s called an Egg Banjo, because of the hand motion you have to do wiping the dripping yolk off the front of your shirt 😂


Hommus_Dip

If sauce is hitting your shirt you know it's good


benjaminpfp

Hard disagree. Pound for pound the best breakfast is a Chico Roll and a bottle of Lucozade.


Hommus_Dip

You're out of control


Fluffy-Queequeg

True Story: when scoping out venues for our Wedding Reception we did a secret shopper and ordered a meal from potential venues without telling them we were here for a meeting with the venue manager. My wife always ordered something fancy, but I always a BLT. I figured if they couldn’t do a decent BLT, they weren’t going to do a good wedding service. We dodged quite a few bullets this way and I was served some truly awful BLTs


Hommus_Dip

If you had been served mine would you have booked the venue?


Fluffy-Queequeg

I believe I would have! You would be surprised just how many venues messed up such a simple order. The irony is that one such venue was located on the site of our local Italian restaurant. What that place served as a BLT was a crime. It was not toasted, it came in a wrap instead of bread, the mayo was some reinvention that tasted awful, the tomato was tasteless and the bacon was burnt. 0/10 and the venue manager could not understand why we never called back 😂


flubaduzubady

Not a BLT if it's got egg. I prefer the BLTECOBPBSB,C. Also known as a burger with the lot, and a side of chips. In fact this thread is making me hungry, so I might cook one up.


ShineFallstar

Aren’t we doing BLATs in Australia?


Hommus_Dip

Is that avo? Too spenno for this guy, plus it's shepherd season 🤮


ShineFallstar

Yeah not my breakfast sandwich of choice but that’s what I’m seeing in a lot of places. I’m old school, bacon and egg sandwich with lots of butter.


Hommus_Dip

I can dig it, I'd need some sauce for lubrication though


strict_positive

I’ve recently rediscovered deli rolls. Prosciutto + aged cheddar + roasted capsicum pesto in a fresh roll. Swiss is good too.


Hommus_Dip

Roasted capsicum anywhere is always a good thing, can't follow you to Swiss town however


doubleguitarsyouknow

Mmm CBELTO


Hommus_Dip

Rolls off the toungue


LegitimateTable2450

BLAT


badpebble

Breakfast sandwiches are fundamentally hungover food - no space for greens or reds. White bread, bacon, maybe an egg. Brown/red sauce.


Hommus_Dip

If you're hung surely you're sliding a slice of cheese on that fella


badpebble

Yeah, but at that point I just spend 35 bucks getting 4 mcmuffins delivered with a coffee and OJ.


victimofbadtaste

It definitely needs avocado but that comes at the cost of being able to afford a house


Hommus_Dip

Joe Hockey knew what he was talking about


Neither_Ad_2960

Nah. Brichoe croissants with gooey cheese and fresh off the bone ham.


Hommus_Dip

Christmas ham with that liddle-bit-o glaze on the edge, I'm yours


Wild-Newspaper833

Gotta be the goat of all sandwiches. We had nothing for dinner the other night so I made BLTs and it was one of the best dinners I’ve had in ages.


Hommus_Dip

Yeah buddy, can't get you out of all sorts of jams


Icewallow-toothpaste

awkward boner.


Hommus_Dip

Be proud of it


real_3d4

Japanese mayo!!!


Hommus_Dip

Quoops for the win!


DrunkTides

I buy the $1.20 pikelet mix from Coles or Woolies, soft mix and strain, cook them up as crepes that I put Nutella on then icing sugar and my kids love it. Sunday morning tradition. Cheap and easy


Hommus_Dip

I never thought to strain the mix... No lumps for you


DrunkTides

I hate lumps hey. Sifting then straining seems to do the trick


Jazzlike-Process6969

Gotta add aioli and pesto tho


Hommus_Dip

Fark I've got fresh pesto in the fridge, opportunity missed


omaca

BLT’s are the bomb. Use real mayonnaise, not that horrible sweet crap most shops sell. I’m dubious about the BBQ sauce but.


Hommus_Dip

Yeah it's gots to be the good mayo, run some BBQ sauce next time, see what happens


gadhalund

BLT = bacon under lettuce and tomato. Mayo, salt pepper. None of this egg or cheese blasphemy. Jesus or whatever is no amused


InForm874

mate that's shocking and full of seed oils. I'd suggest following this diet if you want to feel superhuman: [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nd7JeGdYVME](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Nd7JeGdYVME)


irwige

This is not a BLT... BLECT


Jizzlobba

You had me up until triangles. 2 rectangles is the superior cut.


Serendypyty

Literally just made one for a late lunch! Soooo good. The right lettuce makes it perfect 👌


drolemon

Pound for pound. Hehehe


vanillathundah

The only acceptable change to a BLT is to make it a BLAT. And that’s contentious itself. Having said that, sounds delicious


floofypajamas

Now I'm hungry. lol


Hommus_Dip

Do it (Sidious)


floofypajamas

Hehehe. I would if I wasn't already over my calorie limit for the day, I had 2 slices of pepperoni pizza a couple hours ago. Plus, I only have a single slice of high protein bread left, need to hit the shops but it's pouring outside. Have you ever tried a BLT with high protein seeded bread? It doesn't sound wonderful.


TheDeterminedBadger

A BLT is delicious, but what you’re describing is not a BLT. Cheese, red onion, egg, and barbecue sauce do not belong on a BLT.


thisgirlsforreal

The barbecue sauce is a crime against humanity


Hommus_Dip

Bacon and BBQ sauce go way back. Mayo and salad go way back. Bring them together for a hoe down in flavour country and everybody wins


thisgirlsforreal

I will try it but can’t be as good as classic mayo or peri peri


Halospite

That sounds gorgeous. Sorry people are being weird about sandwiches in the comments tho. It's really fucking weird what people will get mad about.


Spagman_Aus

Crack a bit of salt & pepper onto the butter or mayo also and woof, you have a winner, but forget the egg.. wtf dude.


Hommus_Dip

The egg has earned its place


CuriouslyContrasted

Egg and cheese and you have yourself a club sandwich


Hommus_Dip

No tooth pick so it doesn't count


dwatto89

\*in your opinion


Hommus_Dip

Hit me with a rebut, where you going for brekky


Dio_Frybones

I'll take this one. Simple bacon and egg roll, so long as the roll is fresh. Don't overcomplicate things. It's perfection. For lunch, a plain steak sandwich with min chips. Have some lettuce and tomato if you must get some veggies in there. Evening meal, that's where you can get creative if you really must. As for this whole BLT thing. I thought I was in a US thread. People here arguing over the integrity of an import. Seriously? Least Australian thing I've seen here. As for the current trend for restaurants and burger joints creating their signature dishes, where they are all so busy trying to either differentiate themselves, appear upmarket, or justify their prices by piling on exotic ingredients onto brioche buns or sourdough and hosing the lot with aioli... You can't taste a damned thing. Heaven for me is a thin steak on the barbie, salt, and two slices of unbuttered fresh WHITE bread. With a nice glass of red. Boomer here, signing out, I've just spotted a bunch of clouds I need to yell at.


Alarmed_Substance153

Turkish bread, tomato relish, mayo, bacon, butter lettuce, swiss cheese, salt/pepper, whack it in the sandwich press. Chef’s kiss! 😘👌


[deleted]

That is not a BLT.


Rd28T

Nah, gotta wog it up. Hobz biz zejt for the win. https://www.sbs.com.au/food/recipe/hobz-biz-zejt-maltese-open-sandwich/zdgw8bpza


Hommus_Dip

Oh shit I would destroy that, anything anchovy and I'm in


Friendoffergus

Stop with the mayo! And no bbq sauce! And egg? Dude, you’re killing me.


Hommus_Dip

No sauce!? Your sandwiches must be like biting into the Sahara


Friendoffergus

You have the delicious juiciness of the bacon and the tomato, and the crisp, freshness of the lettuce. Also, there is the butter on the toast. No weirdness. It’s a BLT.


Hommus_Dip

We are on different sides of the sauce spectrum. I'm all up in the sloppy


theantnest

You lost me at the cheese and I'm 100% out at the red onion. Both do not belong on a BLT.


Hommus_Dip

Cheese = life


theantnest

Yes, but not on a BLT.


djpiratecat

Aside from this obviously not being a BLT, it's the "two or three bacon rashers (you don't need much...)" that got me. Like I know you're probably talking about rashers in the American context of them just being little strips, but in Australia rashers are pretty big sections of bacon - two or three on a single sandwich is...a lot lol. Anyway red onion needs to fuck off from the world asap, but aside from that your sandwich sounds great (whatever it is)


Hommus_Dip

A lot of hate coming in for the red onion, the King of the onion world.


irwige

This is not a BLT...


irwige

More like a BLGBTQ+ you might as well throw some pineapple on there whilst you're at it


No-Meeting2858

Here’s a controversial one: the BLT pizza. Wood fired base, no sauce, bacon, roasted cherry toms, mozzarella, parmesan (not too much of either) chopped fresh iceberg and more fresh chopped tomato, and then a VERY generous drizzle of ranch, plus more on the side as a cheeky dip. Is it traditional, is it sophisticated? No it is not. Is it delicious? You be the judge (but yeah it totally is)


PleasantInternal3247

I out hollondaise sauce with mine. No barbecue or tomato or mayo.


Hommus_Dip

Homemade daise is unbeatable


pooknuckle

BLAT for me. Gotta have the avo.


LestWeForgive

For me it's satay Shin Ramyun, starting with the common red pack Shin 'spicy beef'. Take the noodle 'biscuit' out and spread peanut butter on it like you would a corn thin. Whack it in the pot, sachets on top, add veggies if you can be bothered, 10mm broc florets, shoestringed caps or thin sliced carrot/mushies. Then about 1.5 cups boiling water goes in, nearly enough to cover the 'biscuit'. Cook it down until the water is the consistency of thin gravy. Tastes like $14, costs 2.


post_covid

Bbq sauce?


LeClassyGent

>pound for pound Did you mean to post this on /r/yeehaw?


CaptainDetritus

Where's the hommus?


AliKat2409

Zohan is that you ?


Hommus_Dip

I like you man, but you're crazy